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<h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1>

<p>CPAN::Changes::Spec - Specification for CPAN Changes files</p>

<h1 id="VERSION">VERSION</h1>

<p>version 0.500002</p>

<h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1>

<pre><code>    Revision history for perl module Foo::Bar

    0.02 2009-07-17

     - Added more foo() tests

    0.01 2009-07-16

     - Initial release</code></pre>

<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1>

<p>It is intended as a guide for module authors to encourage them to write meaningful changelogs as well as provide a programmatic interface to reliably read and write Changes files.</p>

<h1 id="DATA-TYPES"><a id="DATA"></a>DATA TYPES</h1>

<h2 id="Version">Version</h2>

<p>Versions should be formatted as described in <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/CPAN::Meta::Spec#Version-Formats">&quot;Version-Formats&quot; in CPAN::Meta::Spec</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Date">Date</h2>

<p>A date/time in the format specified by <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime">http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime</a> aka W3CDTF. <b>Note:</b> The &quot;T&quot; marker before the time portion is optional.</p>

<p>In order to satisfy release events not made to the public, or dates that are historically unknown, the following strings are also available:</p>

<ul>

<li><p>Unknown Release Date</p>

</li>
<li><p>Unknown</p>

</li>
<li><p>Not Released</p>

</li>
<li><p>Development Release</p>

</li>
<li><p>Development</p>

</li>
<li><p>Developer Release</p>

</li>
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<h1 id="STRUCTURE">STRUCTURE</h1>

<h2 id="Required-Elements"><a id="Required"></a>Required Elements</h2>

<p>In its simplest form, the only required elements are a <code>Version</code>, a <code>Date</code> and the noted changes. Blank lines between the <code>Version</code> line and the first <code>Change</code> line are optional. Blank lines between <code>Change</code> lines are also optional.</p>

<pre><code>    &lt;Version&gt;(whitespace/non-&quot;word&quot; characters)&lt;Date&gt;
    (whitespace)&lt;Change&gt;</code></pre>

<p><b>NOTE:</b> The characters between a <code>Version</code> and a <code>Date</code> must start with whitespace, but may subsequently contain any combination of whitespace and non-&quot;word&quot; characters. Example:</p>

<pre><code>    0.01 - 2013-12-11</code></pre>

<p><code>Change</code> lines have no specific format. Commonly, authors will use a dash <code>-</code> followed by a space to start a new change, and indent subsequent lines for multi-line changes. Example</p>

<pre><code>    - Simple Change
    - This is a very very very long
      change line</code></pre>

<p>Although there is no limit on line length, authors generally wrap each line at 78 columns.</p>

<h2 id="Optional-Elements"><a id="Optional"></a>Optional Elements</h2>

<h3 id="Release-Note"><a id="Release"></a>Release Note</h3>

<p>Any text following the <code>Date</code> portion of the <code>Version</code> line will be considered the <code>Release Note</code>. Example:</p>

<pre><code>    0.01 2013-04-01 Codename: April Fool

      - First Release</code></pre>

<h2 id="Preamble">Preamble</h2>

<p>Any amount of text before the first <code>Version</code> line will be considered part of the preamble. Most existing distributions include something along the lines of:</p>

<pre><code>    Revision history for perl module My::Module</code></pre>

<p>Or</p>

<pre><code>    Revision history for perl distribution My-Distribution</code></pre>

<h2 id="Groups">Groups</h2>

<p>Changelog entries may be grouped under headings. Heading lines begin with an opening square bracket (<code>[</code>), and end with a matching square bracket (<code>]</code>). When parsing group headings, leading and trailing whitespace inside the brackets should be discarded.</p>

<pre><code>    (whitespace)[Grouping Name]
    (whitespace)&lt;Change&gt;</code></pre>

<p>Since empty lines hold no special meaning, all <code>Change</code> lines will fall under the current group until a new group heading is found. Example:</p>

<pre><code>    [ First Group ]
    - First Change

    - Second Change; in first group

    [ Second Group ]
    - First Change; in second group</code></pre>

<h1 id="EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</h1>

<h2 id="Basic-Example"><a id="Basic"></a>Basic Example</h2>

<pre><code>    0.01 2009-07-16
     - Initial release</code></pre>

<h2 id="Example-with-a-preamble"><a id="Example"></a>Example with a preamble</h2>

<pre><code>    Revision history for perl module Foo::Bar

    0.02 2009-07-17

     - Added more foo() tests

    0.01 2009-07-16

     - Initial release</code></pre>

<h2 id="Example-with-groups"><a id="Example1"></a>Example with groups</h2>

<pre><code>    Revision history for perl module Foo::Bar

    0.03 2009-07-18

     [Important Security Information]
     - This release fixes critical bug RT #1234

     [Other Changes]
     - Added some feature

    0.02 2009-07-17

     - Added more foo() tests

    0.01 2009-07-16T19:20:30+01:00

     - Initial release</code></pre>

<h1 id="SEE-ALSO"><a id="SEE"></a>SEE ALSO</h1>

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<li><p><a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/CPAN::Changes">CPAN::Changes</a></p>

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<li><p><a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::CPAN::Changes">Test::CPAN::Changes</a></p>

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<h1 id="AUTHOR">AUTHOR</h1>

<p>Brian Cassidy &lt;bricas@cpan.org&gt;</p>

<h1 id="COPYRIGHT-AND-LICENSE"><a id="COPYRIGHT"></a>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</h1>

<p>Copyright 2011-2013 by Brian Cassidy</p>

<p>This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.</p></div>

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